A small white scarK.A. Nuzum

Fifteen-year-old Will Bennon leaves his family and begins life as a cowboy, but his twin brother, who has Down's Sydrome, follows him and joins the journey.

Grade 5+

Archer's questLinda Sue Park

Twelve-year-old Kevin Kim helps Chu-mong, a legendary king of ancient Korea, return to his own time.

Grade 4+

Bella at midnightDiane Stanley (Author) & Bagram Ibatoulline (Illustrator)

Raised by peasants, Bella discovers that she is actually the daughter of a knight and finds herself caught up in a terrible plot that will change her life and the kingdom forever.

Grade 5+

Blood on the river: James Town 1607Elisa Carbone

Traveling to the New World in 1606 as the page to Captain John Smith, twelve-year-old orphan Samuel Collier settles in the new colony of James Town, where he must quickly learn to distinguish between friend and foe.

Grade 5+

The case of the missing marquess: an Enola Holmes Mystery Nancy Springer

Enola Holmes' mother has vanished so she calls her two older brothers, Mycroft and Sherlock for help. But they think help is turning her into a proper lady and sending her off to boarding school. So Enola does the only thing she can do, runs away from home and solves her own problems. Along the way she encounters a second mystery: the case of the missing Marquess. Enola uses her deductive powers to provide clues the police have overlooked in their search for the young man.

Grade 4-8

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ClementineSara Pennypacker (Author) & Marla Frazee (Illustrator)

Clementine is having "not so good of a week". She's given her best friend a drastic makeover involving scissors and Flaming Sunset permanent marker, she and her dad are losing the Great Pigeon War, and her family just might be plotting to get rid of her. If you like Junie B Jones, you'll love Clementine!

Grade 2-4

Dude, where's my spaceship? (Weird Planet #1)Dan Greenburg (Author) & Macky Pamintuan (Illustrator)

Klatu is such a varna! He crashed the spaceship into planet Earth with his brother Lek and sister Ploo onboard. Stuck in the middle of the Nevada desert with nowhere to run, Ploo is captured by army Earthlings who think that she is an enemy of humankind. Can Klatu and Lek to rescue Ploo from the terrifying Major Paine? Or will Ploo be held prisoner in Area 51 forever?

Grade 2-3

The Earth dragon awakes: the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906Laurence Yep

Henry Travis and his friend Chin love to spend time reading "penny dreadfuls." They both wish for a life as exciting as the heroes of their favorite stories. But when the great San Francisco earthquake strikes, both Henry and Chin must fight to stay alive. Maybe their boring lives weren't so bad after all.

EggsJerry Spinelli

Mourning the loss of his mother, nine-year-old David forms an unlikely friendship with independent, quirky thirteen-year-old Primrose, as the two help each other deal with what is missing in their lives.

Grade 5+

Emily Eyefinger and the city in the skyDuncan Ball (author) & Craig Smith (Illustrator)

Emily’s parents were shocked when Emily was born with an eye on the end of her finger. But Emily discovered that an eye on the end of her finger can be very handy. In this volume, Emily, her Great Aunt Olympia and Olympia's spider monkey, Mr Fusspot, set out to find the lost city of the Sky People. When they arrive they discover a rival amateur archaeologist, Digby Trench and then Mr Fusspot makes an amazing discovery.

Grade 2-4

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Finding the fox (The Shapeshifter #1)Ali Sparkes

Dax Jones is an ordinary schoolboy until something extra-ordinary happens to him - he discovers he can turn into a fox!

Grade 4+

GossamerLois Lowry

While learning to bestow dreams, a young dream giver tries to save an eight-year-old boy from the effects of both his abusive past and the nightmares inflicted on him by the frightening Sinisteeds.

Grade 5+

Gotcha!Jamie Gilson (Author) & Amy Wummer (Illustrator)

While trying to learn about spiders in Mrs. Zookey's class, Richard becomes the target of Patrick the Pest's pranks.

Grade K-4

I'll sing you one-oNan Gregory

After her foster family splits up and she is adopted by relatives she didn't even know she had, Gemma's world falls into emotional chaos--leaving her to turn to the powers of a guardian angel to help guide her through the rocky times ahead while giving her the answers she needs to resolve issues from her past.

Grade 4-7

The invention of Hugo CabretBrian Selznick

Orphan, clock keeper, and thief, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric, bookish girl and a bitter old man who runs a toy booth in the station, Hugo's undercover life, and his most precious secret, are put in jeopardy.

Grade 4-9

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Isabella's above-ground poolAlice Mead (Author) & Maryann Cocca-Leffler (Illustrator)

Isabella Speedwalker-Juarez is not happy. No, not one little bit. She and her mom and her little brother have moved into a tiny trailer. Mom doesn't have the money to pay for the above-ground swimming pool that she promised Isabella. It's on lay-away but there's no money for the final payments. Can Isabella come up with a way to pay for it? And will she have to share?

Grade 2-4

King of murder (a Herculeah Jones Mystery) Betsy Byars

Together with her best friend and reluctant sidekick Meat, Herculeah Jones meets a famous mystery author, Mathias King, aka The Murder King. King’s novels mirror gruesome, real-life murders—particularly A Slash of Life, which is about an unsolved local stabbing. Many people believe Mathias King knows too much. Could he be responsible for the crime? With a little help from Meat, Herculeah’s sure she can find out.

Grade 4-6

Layla queen of heartsGlenda Millard (Author) & Stephen Michael King (Illustrator)

When Griffin and Layla's school announces a Senior Citizens' Day, Layla is at a loss. Who can she take? Griffin offers to share his grandmother, Nell, but Layla desperately wants someone of her own. So Nell introduces Layla to the delightful Miss Amelie... and a small but significant miracle occurs.Sequel to The naming of Tishkin Silk.

Grade 2-5

Mercy Watson fights crimeKate Dicamillo (Author) & Chris Van Dusen (Illustrator)

Leroy Ninker is a small man with a big dream: - he wants to be a cowboy, but for now he's just a thief. In fact, Leroy is robbing the Watsons' kitchen right this minute! As he drags the toaster across the counter and drops it into his bag little does he know that a certain large pig who loves toast with a great deal of butter is stirring from sleep. Even less could he guess that a comedy of errors (not to mention the buttery sweets in his pocket) will soon lead him on the wild and raucous rodeo ride he's always dreamed of!

Grade Pre K - 2

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Phineas L. MacGuire...erupts!Frances O'Roark Dowell (Author) & Preston McDaniels (Illustrator)

Phineas (better known as Mac) is looking forward to doing the fourth grade science fair project with his best friend. Mrs. Tuttle pairs the students up and Mac is assigned the new kid, Mac R. This is unbelievable! Mac R. is obnoxious but they have to work together.

Grade 3-5

PunishedDavid Lubar

Logan and his friend were running around the library when a man appears, annoyed saying "You need to be punished." He takes a book and blows dust off it onto Logan's face. His "pun"ishment is that everything he says has puns in it. It drives everyone at home and school crazy. The only way he can break the spell is to go on three quests: to find seven oxymorons, seven anagrams, and seven palindromes. But can he do it before time runs out?

Grade 3-5

Room one: a mystery or twoAndrew Clements (Author) & Chris Blair (Illustrator)

A shrinking school in a dying town. A face in the window of an empty house. At first these facts don't seem to be related. But Ted Hammond learns that in a very small town, there's no such thing as an isolated event. And the solution of one mystery is often the beginning of another.

Grade 4-6

Ruby Lu, empress of everythingLenore Look (Author) & Anne Wilsdorf (Illustrator)

After Ruby Lu's deaf cousin, Flying Duck, and her parents come from China to live with her, Ruby finds life challenging as she adjusts to her new family, tries to mend her rocky relationship with her friend Emma, and faces various adventures in summer school.Sequel to Ruby Lu, Brave and True

Grade 2-4

RulesCynthia Lord

Twelve year old Catherine just wants a normal life. Which is near impossible when you have a brother with autism and a family that revolves around his disability. She's spent years trying to teach David the rules in order to stop his embarrassing behaviours. But the summer Catherine meets Jason, a paraplegic boy, and Kristi, the next-door friend she's always wished for, it's her own shocking behavior that turns everything upside down and forces her to ask: What is normal?

Grade 4-7

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SheepValerie Hobbs

After a fire destroys the farm where he was born, Jack the border collie acquires a series of owners and learns about life as he seeks a home and longs to fulfill his life's purpose of shepherding sheep.

The sloppy copy slipupDyanne DiSalvo-Ryan

Fourth-grader Brian Higman worries about how his teacher Miss Fromme--nicknamed The General--will react when he fails to hand in a writing assignment, but he ends up being able to tell his story, after all.

Grade 2-5

Stink and the world's worst super-stinky sneakersMegan Mcdonald (Author) & Peter H. Reynolds (Illustrator)

A class visit to the Gross-Me-Out exhibit at the science museum inspires Stink Moody to create a variety of terrible smells to put on the sneakers he plans to enter in the World's Worst Super-Stinky Sneaker contest.

Grade 1-3

Witch catcherMary Downing Hahn

Having just moved into the West Virginia home they inherited from a distant relative, twelve-year-old Jen is surprised that her father is already dating a local antiques dealer, but more surprised by what the spooky woman really wants.

Grade 3-6

Wombat and Fox: Tales of the cityTerry Denton

In the big city, Wombat and Fox have many adventures. They don't go looking for trouble, but the city is a surprising place and mishaps have a way of changing the course of the day for Wombat and Fox, Croc, Bandicoot, the Hippo Sisters and the mischievous Five Monkeys. These are their stories.

Grade 2+

The year of the dogGrace Lin

As Pacy celebrates the Chinese Year of the Dog with her family, she finds out that this is the year she is supposed to "find herself." As the year goes on, she struggles to find her talent, makes a new best friend, and discovers just why the Year of the Dog is a lucky one for her after all.

Grade 3-5

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